Οι καλύτερες διαδρομές ποδηλασίας δρόμου στη Σιένα

Η La Grancia di Cuna είναι ένα από τα καλύτερα διατηρημένα μεσαιωνικά οχυρωμένα αγροκτήματα της Ιταλίας, που βρίσκεται στον δήμο Monteroni d'Arbia, στην επαρχία της Σιένα. Το συγκρότημα αποτελεί ένα εξαιρετικό παράδειγμα αγροτικής και στρατιωτικής αρχιτεκτονικής της Σιένα.

Υποχρεωτικός προορισμός για κάθε biker

Το Montepulciano είναι ένα πανέμορφο αναγεννησιακό χωριό που βρίσκεται στην επαρχία της Σιένα, σκαρφαλωμένο στα 605 μέτρα υψόμετρο μεταξύ της Val di Chiana και της Val d'Orcia. Η πόλη είναι παγκοσμίως διάσημη τόσο για την μνημειώδη αρχιτεκτονική της όσο και για την παραγωγή του φημισμένου κρασιού Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG.

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Το Cippo βρίσκεται στην είσοδο της Strada Bianca, πλευρά SP99

Porta Romana is one of the ancient gates in the walls of Siena, located on the route of the ancient Via Cassia. It was built in 1327 - 1328 by Agnolo di Ventura and Agostino di Giovanni, equipped with battlements and a defensive wall. In 1417, Taddeo di Bartolo was commissioned to paint the fresco that was to adorn it with a depiction of the Virgin, like the other city gates, to implore divine protection for the city. In 1978, the frescoes, due to advanced deterioration, were detached and transferred to the Basilica of San Francesco. However, there is a Roman inscription at the Porta Romana!The inscription was written on a travertine tablet and, based on its graphic characters and content, can be dated to the Augustan period (27 BC – 0) saying "Silvanus sacr(um) / C. Victricius / Memor VIvir / [a] ugustalis posuit" = Caio Victricio Memore Seviro augustale dedicated a small temple to Silvanus.

In Siena, as we know, your eye always falls there, on the shell-shaped Campo or the striped marble of the Duomo. And rightly so. But then there are those places that speak to you in a different voice, more raspy and sincere. Porta Romana is one of them. Let's be clear: this isn't a small archway placed there for show. This is a beast of brick and stone, a fortress planted to the south to tell those arriving from Rome: "Be careful, you're entering Siena." It's massive, imposing, it makes you feel small and immediately reminds you that this city was once a serious thing, a power that had to be defended. It has none of the frills of other monuments; it gets straight to the point, and for me, its charm begins right there.

One of the most beautiful places in Italy.